I write original scores for films that have premiered at Venice, Tribeca, BFI London, Rotterdam, Fantasia, and Outfest, among others, with distribution on PBS, HBO Max, Apple TV, Canal+ and Hulu; and multiple online features on Nowness and Vimeo Staff Picks. My music has been licensed to network television in the US and Europe, as well as the Peabody-nominated podcast Scene on Radio.
I approach every project as a search for new sounds, leaning into the unknown to find a musical language that feels unexpected, yet somehow inevitable to the story.
Today I work from Creatures of Sound, a scoring and post-production studio I built in New York's Catskill Mountains, with an open door for creatives who want mountain privacy to collaborate.
Contact: info@alex-symcox.com
Notable Works
Greenland Melting — Venice Film Festival (Venice VR competition), PBS Frontline/NOVA production
Reset (dir. Jerry Hsu / Celine Tien) — Fantasia Film Festival premiere, executive produced by Lucy Liu
In the Bubble with Jaime Harrison (dir. Emily Harrold)— World Channel, distributed on PBS, executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God
Holy Curse (dir. Snigdha Kapoor) — BFI London Film Festival premiere, Oscar-qualified short, executive produced by Lilly Singh, streaming on Canal+
Wonder (dir. Javier Molina) — Licensed by HBO in 2020, premiered at Outfest LA, screened at 40+ festivals worldwide
Peer Raben Music Award (2020) — Soundtrack Cologne, Germany.
Maze of Joy (dir. Liam LoPinto) — from the director of The Old Young Crow, Oscar-qualifying, EP'd by Arian Moayed (Succession) and Rayka Zehtabchi (Academy Award winner)
Bleeding (dir. Andrew Bell) — Premiered at Dances With Films, streaming on Apple TV
Meal Ticket (dir. Wes Andre Goodrich) — Tribeca Film Festival, streaming on Hulu, Oscar-qualifying
Tropicalía (dir. Rodney Llaverías) — Premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The HongFu Hotel (dir. Tian Xu) — Tribeca Film Festival
Palm Sunday (dir. Wes Andre Goodrich) — New Orleans Film Festival, Oscar-qualifying
Last Man Up (dir. Hazel McKibbin) — Palm Springs International ShortFest
Where the Wind Buries (dir. Charles Dong) — FIRST International Film Festival, Xining
Nip (dir. Thea Brooks & Taylor Karin) — Dances With Films
Sound to Sea (dir. Ryan Craver) — Audience Award, Atlanta Film Festival & New Orleans Film Festival
Fat Lip (dir. Ryan Craver) — Outfest Fusion, World Premiere
